Nicaraguan exile media reviews that Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera, president of the Nicaraguan bishops' convention, has been exiled to Guatemala. He’s the third bishop expelled by Daniel Ortega's regime within the final yr.
Based on journalist Miguel Mendoza: “The Bishop of Jinotega, Monsignor Carlos Enrique Herrera, was exiled from Nicaragua. First they shut down the diocese's Fb web page after which they kicked him out of his personal nation – all as a result of he known as Sandinista mayor Leónidas Centeno sacrilegious for disrespecting the Mass by ordering loud music and dancing, which made it not possible to listen to the service final Sunday.”
The diocese used the social community to broadcast dwell Sunday Lots, Eucharistic Thursdays and different non secular occasions, particularly these presided over by Monsignor Herrera. The regime has banned non secular processions and celebrations, which has a critical influence on freedom of faith all through the nation.
Through the night mass final Sunday (November 10) on the Cathedral of San Juan Bautista, the bishop expressed his displeasure with the frequent noisy occasions organized by the municipality that disrupt the liturgical celebrations.
“That is sacrilege, what the mayor and all of the municipal authorities are doing… we ask for God's forgiveness for them and for ourselves,” declared the bishop of Jinotega, who straight drives Ortega Mayor Leónidas Centeno and different municipal authorities.
The bishop was detained by police after he left a gathering in Managua with the remaining members of the Nicaraguan bishops' convention and was subsequently deported to Guatemala. He now resides within the residence of the Order of Friars Minor, to which he belongs, a church supply confirmed to Mosaico CSI.
Herrera turns into the third Bishop of the Episcopal Convention to be expelled by the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, in what’s seen as an intensification of the persecution of the Catholic Church within the nation.
The United Nations (UN) has condemned rising non secular persecution in Nicaragua, holding Daniel Ortega's regime chargeable for harassing the Catholic and Evangelical church buildings in addition to households of activists. In a current UN report, it detailed the imprisonment of clergymen and the closure of spiritual media, calling the actions a part of a “technique of systematic repression”.
Violations of spiritual freedom in Nicaragua aren’t restricted to assaults on the Catholic Church. Final September, the federal government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo revoked the Nicaraguan Evangelical Alliance's authorized standing, citing “non-compliance with monetary reviews.”
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